Windlass for wire-stretchers



(No Model.)

R. EASTABROOKS.

WINDLASS FOR WIRE STRETGHERS.

No. 258,634. Patented May"30,'188Z..

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V @Z @w@ 'NTTED STATES PATENT FFICE.

ROLLIN EASTABROOKS, OF ROCK FALLS, ASSIGNOR TO WASHINGTON DILLON, OFSTERLING, ILLINOIS.

WINDLASS FOR WlRE-STRETCHERS.

SPEOIF1GATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,634, dated May 30,1882, Application filed September 23, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RoLLIN EAS'IABROOKS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rock Falls, in the county of Whiteside and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWindlasses for Wire-Stretchers; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and toletters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to that class of wirestretchers used in putting upwire fence and repairing fence-wires when on the fence; and suchinvention consists essentially in an improved mode of holding the drum,by means of which the machine can be used with either side upward.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the entire machine. Fig. 2is a detached view, exhibiting the mode of applying the pawl to theratchet-wheel, the latter being upon the same axis with the drum A.

A is the drum, upon which the wire to be stretched or tightened iswound. The drum is rigidly attached to and revolves with its axis a, thelatter being journaled to the frame B at b b.

In operation the frame B is anchored to a fixed post by means of theshort wire or chainf, attached at one end to the frameB through the 5hole 0 therein, passed around the fixed post,

and its outer end fastened in any suitable manner around the frame B atd.

E is a ratchet-wheel placed rigidly on the axis a and revolving with it.

F is a' pawl seated loosely in the sleeve Gr, on the same plane with theaxis a, and forced into the teeth on the wheel E by means of a coiledspring, 0, placed in the shoulder in the sleeve Gr behind the innerendot' such spring. 5 The outer end of the pawlF is beveled, so that asthe Wheel E is revolved in the forward direction the pawl F isforcedback on the spring 6 to permit the passage of each succeeding tooth ofthe wheel E, while the elasticity of the spring 0 throws the outer endof the pawl F into each succeeding interval between such teeth, thusmaking it practicable to stop and hold the wheel E, and consequentlythe-drum A, at any point in their revolution.

In Fig. 2 part of the sleeve G is removed to show the spring 0 therein.

H is anactuating-lever, fitted at its inner end loosely on the outer endof the axis a, and provided with the lateral spur g, which, as the leverH is drawn, engages and revolves the wheel E. At the point of attachmentof the lever H to the axis a a longitudinal slot, h, is

formed in the lever H, which permits the lever H to be withdrawnsufficient to enable the spur to clear the teeth of the wheel inunwinding the wire from the drum A. In order to withdraw the pawl F topermit such unwinding, I provide a spur, 0, on the shaft of the pawl,which projects sufficiently through a slot, l, in the sleeve G to betaken hold of by the hand of the operator, and on the side of the slot lis formed the recess 2'. When it is desired to release the wheel E tounwind the wire the operator takes hold of the spur 0 and withdraws thepawl from contact with the wheel, and by moving the spur into the recesst' by partially revolving the pawl -shaft by means of such spur thelatter holds the pawl F from engaging the wheel E, and the latter ispermitted to revolve backward.

In operation it is often necessary to use the stretcher with differentsides up, and with the ordinary pawl an inversion of the machine wouldunloose the pawl or interfere with its action in winding. In myinvention the ma- 85 chine may be usedindifferently either side up.

I is the ordinary lock eccentrically pivoted to hold the wire whilebeing fastened or spliced, and in the process of splicing broken wires asimilar lock is attached to the cord, 0 wire, or chain K, which windsaround the drum A.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The pawl F, seated on the spring 0, and pro- 5 vided with the spur o,the spur g, the sleeve G, provided with the longitudinal slot 1 and Intestimony whereof l aflixmy signature in recess 1', the axle a, wheel E,frame B, drum presence of two witnesses.

A, and slotted lever H, in combination, whereby the pawl F can be usedto engage the ROLLIN EASTABROOKS. wheel E when either side of the frameB is upward, or can be held disengaged from such Witnesses:

wheel at the will of the operator, substantially \V. M. DILLON,

as shown, and for the purpose specified. A. J. UPHAM.

